Crashlander

Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0345381688
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
At last, all the Beowulf Shaeffer stories in one volume—plus a brand-new story and never-before-seen material linking them all together. Crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer has long been one of the most popular characters in Known Space. Now, for the first time ever, Larry Niven brings together all the Beowulf stories—including a breand-new one—in one long tale of exploration and adventure! Neutron Star Beowulf Shaeffer uncovers one of the puppeteers' greatest secrets. At the Core Beowulf Shaeffer learns something that scares the puppeteers into fleeing Known Space. Flatlander Beowulf Shaeffer meets the love of his life and discovers a haunted planet. Grendel Beowulf Shaeffer solves a mystery, foils a kidnapping, and rescues an alien. The Borderland of Sol Beowulf Shaeffer stops a mass murderer and destroys the ultimate weapon. Procrustes An exciting new story in which Beowulff Shaeffer loses his head—literally. PLUS—an all-new framing story that pulls together all of Beowulf Shaeffer's adventures and allows Shaeffer and his family to make a clean start at life once and for all!

zONE

Author: Philip Blood
Publisher: Smashwords
ISBN: 1311279199
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
rofessor Hamilton wakes up in a hospital, wondering if he has had an illegal brain smear, since he is now missing parts of his memory. He must go on a journey of discovery to find out why he is the most wanted man on the planet, and the most wanted Pirate in the Zones. He must enter a series of virtual reality worlds that are based on the great works of entertainment, art and literature. His adventures alternate between an Earth ruled by the iron fist of a totalitarian government, whose agents are nicknamed ‘Zombies’, and the Zones, where he travels through different virtual reality worlds, like: Deathworld, Wonderland, Hyperborea, Trekkie space, and many other famous stories. While in the Zones Thorten is hunted by the faceless Dragoon squads of Zcerebral Incorporated. To survive he must find the secret Pirate stronghold, gain his own amazing Pirate Ship, and use it to set sail across the various Zones to discover the true nature of these strange worlds and how the Zones started. He must face the dark powers that control everything, and while doing so, discover the truth about his life. This is a story of adventure, mystery, romance, science fiction and pirates, all set in the future, taking place inside many of the famous stories we all love and cherish. Come join ‘Z’ as he jumps down the rabbit hole, literally, with his trusty Steward Loki, and his Pirate companion, Mary Read, on an adventure as crazy as Alice in Wonderland mixed with Star Wars and Captain Blood.

The Wunder War

Author: Hal Colebatch
Publisher: Baen Books
ISBN: 0743436199
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
"The humans wanted to destroy it, but the kzin saw an opportunity to conquer the human worlds. The only hope was a kzin telepath raised by humans from a cub. Which side would he choose, his Inner Monkey or his war-cat heritage?"--BOOK JACKET.

The Draco Tavern

Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429914084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342

Book Description
From the mind of #1 New York Times bestselling author Larry Niven, come twenty-six tales and vignettes from this interplanetary gathering place, collected for the first time in one volume. When a tremendous spacecraft took orbit around the Earth's moon and began sending smaller landers down toward the North Pole, the newly arrived visitors quickly set up a permanent spaceport at Mount Forel in Siberia. Their presence attracted many, and a few people grew conspicuously rich from secrets they learned from talking to the aliens. One of these men, Rick Schumann established a tavern catering to all of various species of visiting aliens, a place he named the Draco Tavern. This collection includes: "The Subject Is Closed": A priest visits the tavern and goes one-on-one with a chirpsithra alien on the subject of God and life after death. "Table Mannners: A Folk Tale": Rick Schumann is invited to hunt with five folk aliens, but he's not quite sure what their hunt entails, or if he will be the hunted. "Wisdom of Demons": The age-old question of wisdom vs. knowledge is asked when Rick is confronted by a human who has been granted the wisdom of an individual gligstith(click)optok alien. "Losing Mars" in this unpublished tale, a group of aliens who call Mars and its moon home, arrive at the Tavern only to find that humans have mostly forgotten about their neighboring planet. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Tales of Known Space

Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780708880685
Category : Short stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description

Neutron Star

Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 9780345336941
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Come to Larry Niven's Universe and meet all the natives: Thrints, Bandersnatchi, Puppeteers -- and a host of other wonderfully created characters. Visit Lookitthat, Down, and Jinx -- indeed, an entire galaxy of planets found only in these stories that trace man's expansion and colonization throughout Known Space. A spectacular cycle of the future . . . a 10,000-year history of man on Earth and in space!

Oxford Handbook of Dialysis

Author: Jeremy Levy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199235287
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 703

Book Description
This handbook covers all aspects of dialysis treatment and the care of patients with renal failure in a clear, compact but detailed format.

Fleet of Worlds

Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765357830
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
A brand-new novel set in Niven's Known Space, two hundred years before the discovery of the Ringworld.

Statistics

Author: Ann E. Watkins
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470458518
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 1705

Book Description
Statistics, 2nd Edition teaches statistics with a modern, data-analytic approach that uses graphing calculators and statistical software. It allows more emphasis to be put on statistical concepts and data analysis rather than following recipes for calculations. This gives readers a more realistic understanding of both the theoretical and practical applications of statistics, giving them the ability to master the subject.

Ringworld's Children

Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429914068
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285

Book Description
Welcome to a world like no other. The Ringworld: a landmark engineering achievement, a flat band 3 million times the surface area of Earth, encircling a distant star. Home to trillions of inhabitants, not all of which are human, and host to amazing technological wonders, the Ringworld is unique in all of the universe. Explorere Louis Wu, an Earth-born human who was part of the first expedition to Ringworld, becomes enmeshed in interplanetary and interspecies intrigue as war, and a powerful new weapon, threaten to tear the Ringworld apart forever. Now, the future of Ringworld lies in the actions of its children: Tunesmith, the Ghould protector; Acolyte, the exiled son of Speaker-to-Animals, and Wembleth, a strange Ringworld native with a mysterious past. All must play a dangerous in order to save Ringworld's population, and the stability of Ringworld itself. Blending awe-inspiring science with non-stop action and fun, Ringworld's Children, the fourth installment of the multiple award-winning saga, is the perfect introduction for readers new to this New York Times bestselling series, and long-time fans of Larry Niven's Ringworld. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.